I love the Sunliner the 50’s and 60’s models. Love the fins and the dual antennas on the 1960 in this vid. Ford made some of the most innovative and well designed cars in the 50’s and 60’s. I am a fan.
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This is what I like, a Give-Away that results in some KOOL, pics and vids.
What I was looking for was some action shots for C3, C4 and C5 Vettes and I’m sure you’ll agree that these are pretty good entries.
This is Tony Z's C4 Burn. Now that is some smoke action!! We'll call him Crazy Tony Z!!!!
Do don't get to do this often. Don H. doing hot laps at Watkins Glen!!!!
This next on is the maybe the hot’s C4 burn out I’ve seen
This is Doug B. C4, which is gonna need some new rubber!!!!
The only C3 entry was Roy O. You’ve seen some of his vids here, but you are going to LOVE this one. This is Roy’s C3.
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We measured the winners were Don and Doug with the highest numbers of Likes on my companion Face Book Page :
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Average-Guys-Car-Restoration-Mods-and-Racing/185827701454279
They each picked up an original C4 dealership promo model.
Much Fun!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Here is the follow-up for the Fuel Gauge issue I had with my Corvette.
I had previously added a can of Techron Fuel System Cleaner. This was the first treated tank. Today the Vette need filling up and I recorded the incident.
In the second video please excuse the legs shot.
This first is the status as I pulled in to gas up.
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Here you can clearly see the flop and the service notice.
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Fuel Issue Vid1, posted with vodpod
After about 20 miles, the gauge when to 3/4 full and a few minutes later it when to full.
After I got home I put in another can of fuel system cleaner. We’ll see how that works.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
I thought I’d take a minute finish up the write-up on the very first upholstery job. I finished it up a two weeks ago and really missed driving the Mustang, but that’s what happens when you do your own work and you can only fit it between all the normal life stuff that needs to get done.
Yes, as I was reminded twice by a couple of car acquaintances, I used a kit, some say they aren’t much different from slip covers, but as you can see in my shots here that’s a bit of an understatement.
Now these next two videos are not all that great but I think you can see the removal of the back and the fasteners. I’ve worked with these type of fasteners before in my father’s body shop (back in the early ’70s) nearly all door panels and seat back were fastened in that way. They work really well but bend them (and they do bend easy of they aren’t aligned with the hole and pressure is applied) and you’ll have to spend sometime reshaping them, even then they might not hold properly, or replace them.
Check out the videos:
Here are a few more photos and the finished product. Not to bad for my first one. I have the passenger’s side to do.
With the plastic seatback removed.
Needed to remove the back release
2 piece
release removed.
Helpful hint: All the hardware and fasteners have to pass through upholstery. Rather than try to cut holes, I made X cuts and pressed the screw or hardware through. This made it as tight as possible.
Markings on the Foam
Good shot of the cloth sleeve with the wire passed through.
Here you would pass the hog wire while in the hog-nose pliers through the cloth between the upholstery and the wire. You then have to shove this down between the two pieces of foam and grab a spring.
Finished product.
Replacing the seat track was done before I married the bottom and back. Placing it back in the car was a little tricky..until I figured out that moving the set on the track was the way to get the studs to drop back in to holes in the floor board.
Over all this was not as tough as I thought it would be. The passenger side will be quicker. I’ll post the final product on that side.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Here’s a lost video from my trip to the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ this past Jan. All you needed to do was sign up for email notification of deals from Chevy and/or Ford and you could drive these cars or ride them while a professional driver took you for a spin. I opted to drive the Ford Taurus SHO, ( the wait was shorter) I wrote about that in this blog entry http://wp.me/pKHNM-o2
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This is a great collection for Indy Pace cars.
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This is a great show of the main gallery. In this clip they have just placed the AJ Foyt #8 Corvette on display and are setting up a C6 Grand Sport next to it.
Thanks for reading.
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